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Hispanics in the local student population have at least doubled in every Peninsula locality over the past decade, creating the need for more support services and outreach to them and their families. According to "Education Week," the national K-12 student population was projected to reach majority-minority status last year, which means there are more minority students than white students. Virginia is getting very close to that threshold, but schools on the Peninsula are staying the same. A comparison of student demographics from 2003-04 to 2013-14 locally and statewide shows that there have been very few shifts among the makeup of local student bodies. The biggest change was in...

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Hispanics in the local student population have at least doubled in every Peninsula locality over the past decade, creating the need for more support services and outreach to them and their families.
According to "Education Week," the national...

More than two dozen current and former workers have been added to a race discrimination lawsuit against Newport News Industrial Corp.
The original lawsuit, filed by eight workers in September, contends that workers at the company — a division of Newport...

Typically this blog spotlights local, contemporary writers. But while cleaning out the shelves of the Daily Press library a few months back, I discovered a couple treasures to commemorate Black History Month. These books, written by Hampton Roads...

Black History Month is a celebration of African-American history and culture. This year, the Daily Press is presenting a Black History Primer with the information you need to know about African-American history in four Peninsula localities. Each Sunday in...

Deep inside complex legislation to legalize phone-based car services such as Uber and Lyft sat language meant to prohibit drivers from discriminating against gay or transgender riders.
The wording, picked up from legislation proposed in states where...

When it's time to strike a plea bargain, African-Americans have had less luck than whites in reducing charges, a Daily Press review of statewide court data found.
A Daily Press analysis of more than 110,000 case status records from last year, assembled...

Newport News, VA, Jan. 30, 2015 - Art exhibitions, film festivals, stage productions, living history presentations, and planetarium shows are just a few of the February events in Newport News that celebrate the African-American experience. Now on view...

Sift through the world of contemporary African-American art for even a short time and you can't help but be struck by one of its most defining features.
Time is no object in this far-sighted realm, where even new work is likely to have one foot planted...

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and fellow actors from the movie "Selma" marched with hundreds Sunday ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, recalling one of the bloodiest chapters of the civil rights struggle. Their steps in tribute to...

The Gloucester County School Board approved a policy on bathroom use Tuesday night that restricts transgender students to either single-stall restrooms or the restrooms designated for their biological gender.
The decision was not what Gloucester High...

Transgender rightsIn reference to the article "Transgender student: Gloucester restroom rule violates rights," I would ask, what about the rights of the young men who must use the same restroom? Their rights are violated every time...

Here is the prepared text for Gov. Terry McAuliffe's 2015 State of the Commonwealth Address:
Lieutenant Governor Northam, Speaker Howell, Chairman Stosch, men and women of the General Assembly, distinguished guests, people of Virginia – thank you...

Hampton Roads art lovers will have plenty of reasons to cheer this winter, since the region's museums and galleries appear poised to follow a very good 2014 with an impressive start to the new year.Here are my 10 best bets for the next few months, plus...

The way Surry County author Jason Wiedel sees it, evangelical Christians are drawing influence and power from being seen as the underdogs.
In his book "Persecution Complex: Why American Christians Need to Stop Playing the Victim," Wiedel argues...

The Gloucester High School sophomore whose request to use boys' bathrooms led to a policy limiting the facilities available to transgender students is challenging the restriction with a federal civil rights complaint.
The American Civil Liberties Union...

The Middle Peninsula was on the cutting edge of gender politics in 2014 and in the headlines several times over the course of the year. Here's a quick look back at some of the major stories.
Transgender bathroom policy
The Gloucester County School Board...

It is time for senior citizens to act our age. The country and our state and our communities are swirling with controversies about race and gender. Much as we would like to ignore the tough issues, we must not. We are the ones who lived through the...

Adolescence can be confusing, awkward and difficult. It's a period of transition for young people, a time when physical transformation ushers them toward adulthood.For Gavin Grimm, a sophomore at Gloucester High School, the time is somewhat more...

The right pathThe litmus test for Hampton city school to hire a new superintendent should not be that the candidate supports charter schools but that they have a proven record for successfully turning failing schools around and adequately preparing...